Generate Capital recently invested $50 million in Grow Up Farms, which runs a renewable-energy-powered vertical farm in the UK.
Electro-stimulation can improve germination, boost tolerance to stress, and accelerate plant growth, says Sylvarum CEO Guadalupe Murga.
The Amatelas Farm will increase production of Oishii’s popular Koyo Berry.
“I’m proud to look back on the differences compared to the R&D project that it was six years earlier.”
Berlin, Germany-based hexafarms just raised $1.4 million in pre-seed funding to bring its AI and sensor tech to indoor growers in Europe.
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The Maia Farms & Ecoation growing system for mycelium and fresh produce can make 700kg of food a year in a device the size of a wardrobe.
Financial troubles along with a downturn in venture capital and demand for specialty mushrooms are behind Smallhold’s recent filing.
Funding in Novel Farming Systems—an AgFunder category spanning indoor farming, insect ag, aquaculture, and algae production—fell off a cliff last year.
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4AG has developed an autonomous harvesting robot it says can greatly alleviate labor challenges in the mushroom industry.
Western Growers appoints a new VP, Omeat appoints a chief strategy officer & new execs join Diageo.
The novel farming systems category has raised $826 million so far in 2023, according to preliminary data from AgFunder.
Longtime AppHarvest backer Equilibrium submitted the lone bid for the former’s 60-acre greenhouse facilities.
Novel farming systems present opportunities for India to bolster its food supply in the midst of climate change.
The vertical farming company’s newly appointed chief commercial officer Rita Hudetz says one of her goals is to make Oishii a household name.
FarmTrace has a new CEO and ClimateAI’s founder is stepping away.
Cibus Fund II has acquired greenhouse grower Duijvestijn Tomaten and launched a new platform for growing food indoors with renewable energy.
AppHarvest says the filing, which comes on the heels of one from AeroFarms, will aid in a “financial and operational” transition.
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